Comment by silveraxe93
2 days ago
2025 US defense budget is $849.8 billion[1].
Had a look and:
>In total, OpenAI aims to invest approximately $1.4 trillion in computing infrastructure – encompassing Google Cloud, Nvidia chips, and data center expansions.
Huh yeah fair. That's more than the yearly defense budget. Absurd. Though I'm sure it's not _yearly_
- [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...
The sovereign wealth funds and billionaires need something to do with all their available cash. It's no fun just watching the number increase anymore, that got boring quite a while ago.
That is such an insane bet though! How many trillions can they have itching in their pockets